Ccea On Coal

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  Auction Of Coal Linkages For Power Sector On The Cards: Goyal

  Earlier, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs had approved allocation of coal linkages for non-regulated sector only through auction.

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  Coal Mines For State-Run Companies To Bridge Supply Gap, Reduce Imports

  Hoping to improve availability of coal to small, medium and cottage industries in the country, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today approved allotment of coal mines to state run companies or PSUs.

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  Coal India Yet To Sign Fuel Supply Pacts with 12 Power Units

  "In the remaining 12 cases, some issues related to change of ownership, extension of coal supplies, beyond the period admissible under Tapering Linkage Policy, etc., are involved," said the minutes of meeting dated July 24 of Standing Linkage Committee on Power.

• Coal India signs 160 fuel supply agreements

  Power projects with 78,000 MW capacity have been approved for coal supplies by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA). For these projects FSAs would be signed for 172 units covering 134 Letter of Assurances (LoAs).

• CCEA likely to modify decision on coal blocks tomorrow

  The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) in its meeting tomorrow is likely to modify the earlier decision to give a go ahead to state governments for granting mining leases for coal blocks to companies if there is no CBI enquiry against them.

• Issue of coal blocks allotted to Tata Steel, others not taken up by Cabinet: Chidambaram

  The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCAE) on Thursday did not take up the issue of 61 coal blocks allotted to private companies such as Tata Steel, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL) and Hindalco, which have been unable to develop the mines within the stipulated timeframe.

• More coal supply to power companies whose mines face green hurdles: report

  The government on Thursday approved more coal supply to 9 power projects including those of GMR and Sterlite, which have failed to develop mines allocated to them due to environment hurdles.

• Cabinet allows Coal India to produce gas from coal seams

  The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) headed by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, allowed Coal India (CIL), the world's largest coal miner, to explore and produce coal-bed methane (CBM) in its existing mines, Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal said.

• Decision to pass on imported coal costs right, says India Inc

  India Inc on Friday termed the government's decision to allow power producers to pass on higher cost of imported coal to consumers a step in the right direction and said it would increase the availability of power in the country.

• Power bills may rise as Cabinet allows firms to pass on cost of imported coal

  The Oil Ministry had on Wednesday moved a note for raising gas prices to $6.775 per million British thermal unit for consideration of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA).

• CCEA clears power projects worth Rs 33,000 crore; coal pool pricing ruled out

  The Cabinet Committee of Economic Affairs (CCEA) and the Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI) cleared a plethora of power sector projects worth Rs 33,000 crore today.

• Coal linkages to 16,000 MW power plants not possible: Ministry

  The Coal Ministry has conveyed to an Inter-Ministerial panel that it would not be possible to provide fossil fuel to the power plants having an aggregate capacity of 16,000 MW due to coal shortages.

• Power, coal ministries to deliberate on pooling coal prices this week

  The Ministries of Power and Coal will deliberate on the "contentious" issue of pooling prices of coal in this week's Cabinet meet.

• CCEA may take up coal price pooling mechanism today

  The government is expected to soon announce a mechanism for price pooling of coal - blending the cost of domestic fossil fuel with the imported one to offset high price, sources said.